by Lisa Alexander | Nov 8, 2009 | Coaching, Research Tips, Strategy
Great article with some great advice! Planet Debate | Blogs – Eight Ways to Improve Research Efficiency.
by Lisa Alexander | Oct 30, 2009 | Coaching, Research Tips, Strategy
I remember immigration year. At about this point in the season, one of our Ethos authors told me we needed to research a particular item for an update. I had to laugh and ask him if he had actually read his copy of Ethos. The very information he was seeking was right...
by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 2, 2009 | Research Tips
I told the debaters in my club at Vector to sign up for something using an RSS feed. Question begged: what’s an RSS feed? If you already use one, skip this post. If you want a really easy way to keep track of blogs, news alerts, twitter, someone’s youtube...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 15, 2009 | Research Tips
I was a power IE 7 user for years. I especially loved tabbed browsing and that it DIDN’T pop up an annoying box when you download stuff. Then I heard about Firefox’s add-ons…tried it…and now I’m hooked. Mrs. A is not so take it for what...
by firewire | Sep 7, 2009 | Research Tips
You’ve probably been told at some point in your debate career that the last place you want to research is google. I certainly have. And to some extent, that’s true. If I were to type in say “carbon tax” into the google search bar, I’d get...